Gunshots hit two cars in Wilkes-Barre

Mark Moran / the citizens' voice
A bullet hit the windshield of this Mercury Sable parked in the 400 block of North Washington Street in Wilkes-Barre on Wednesday afternoon.

WILKES-BARRE - A fight in the city's North End left bullet holes in two cars, a fleeing suspect and a victim who refused to cooperate with police.

Officers went to the 400 block of North Washington Street, near Butler Street, shortly after 2:30 p.m. Wednesday.

According to a police report: The victim, a 38-year-old man, was fighting with a suspect when the suspect retrieved a handgun from a green sedan and fired several shots. The suspect - a man 5 feet 9 inches tall and about 160 to 180 pounds wearing a blue hooded sweatshirt - fled on foot south on North Washington Street.

The victim did not cooperate with investigators, police said.

Officers at the scene Wednesday afternoon removed a bullet from a black Mercury Sable that had been shot through the windshield and picked up shell casings from the sidewalk. A gray Honda Accord across the street had a bullet hole above the driver's side doors.

Nelvy George, 33, of Wilkes-Barre, said her car was one of those with a bullet hole. She couldn't find parking in front of her home, so she parked on North Washington Street. George heard three bangs shortly before the shooting, but didn't think they were gunshots.

"I won't be parking here no more," she said.

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